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Games like Milky Way Idle
cheze · 2025 · Windows
Steam: 49 % positive of 2,471 reviews, as of Oct 28
Milky Way Idle: A multiplayer idle RPG where automation replaces grinding. Level up skills, gather resources, craft powerful items, and battle monsters—all while AFK. Trade in the marketplace, join a guild, team up for party combat, and socialize in chat as you progress effortlessly.
24 games that play like Milky Way Idle and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: IdleOn - The Incremental MMO, Melvor Idle and Scapewatch: Idle MMO.
Player tags
Steam reviews
What players say
Players who like idle and menu-driven games find it cozy, deep and social, but many warn about pay-to-win elements, a moderation and developer dispute, and a flagging late game.
Most reviewers recommend the game, and many players praise the idle loop that lets it run in the background while they do other things. Players enjoy the depth of gathering, crafting, combat and trading, the player-driven marketplace, the helpful community and the auto-sorting inventory, and several say it is free to play without needing to spend money. Criticism centres on the developers' handling of moderation, including a controversy over muting players and a trading ban that some reviewers feel was unfair. Some players also say the game is pay-to-win, that newcomers struggle to catch up with big spenders, that the late game turns into a chore, and that the latest update made guilds more competitive. Many reviews from the past year are mixed, with some players saying the game is pleasant but repetitive, and several comparing it unfavourably with Melvor Idle.
Praised
- Idle play in background
Players say it runs well in the background, with long offline progress and an action queue, so it fits alongside other activities.
Many players - Depth of skills and systems
Reviewers enjoy the interlinked gathering, crafting, combat and trading skills, with many optimisation options for long-term play.
Many players - Player market and community
Players value the live player-driven market and the helpful, friendly community that answers questions in game and on Discord.
Many players - Free to play
Reviewers say the whole game can be enjoyed without spending money, with premium currency earnable through play.
Some players
Criticised
- Pay-to-win concerns
Players say big spenders get ahead of newcomers and that the market and premium currency give paying players an edge.
Many players - Moderation and developer disputes
Many critical reviews describe abusive chat, muted players, bans and a dispute with the developers over how moderation was handled.
Many players - Repetitive late game
Players say the loop becomes repetitive and chore-like after a while, with slow progression at higher levels.
Some players - Recent update changes
Some veteran players say the latest update made guilds competitive and less community-based, and that a guild rule change removed their members.
A few players
- Who it suits
- Players who enjoy idle, menu-driven and collection games, and who like social trading and optimising numbers in a casual setting.
- Who should skip it
- Players who want an active game with clear goals or who dislike pay-to-win models and worry about moderation.
Short vs. long playtime: Players with hundreds of hours more often praise the depth and market but also raise the slow late game and recent guild changes, while newcomers mostly enjoy the easy start.
Summarised by AI from 80 Steam reviews (English, helpful and recent), as of Oct 28, 2026.
Best matches
Plays and looks like Milky Way Idle
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like Milky Way Idle
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
IdleOn - The Incremental MMO
77 % positive of 30,145
Shared: Idler · Clicker · MMORPG
Melvor Idle
89 % positive of 14,758
Shared: Idler · Crafting · Combat
Scapewatch: Idle MMO
88 % positive of 553
Shared: Idler · Clicker · MMORPG
Idle Clans
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Shared: Idler · Clicker · MMORPG
Evitania Online - Idle RPG
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Shared: Idler · Clicker · Crafting
Between Adventures IDLE
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Shared: Idler · Trading · Crafting
Farm RPG
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Shared: Idler · Clicker · MMORPG
Firestone – Idle Clicker Online RPG
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Shared: Idler · Clicker · MMORPG
Idle Skilling
70 % positive of 2,407
Shared: Idler · Clicker · Crafting
Progress Game
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Shared: Idler · Combat · Resource Management
RPG MO
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Shared: MMORPG · Crafting · Fantasy
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- World of Talesworth: Idle MMO Simulator69 % positive of 466Shared: Idler · Crafting · Fantasy
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By look
Looks like Milky Way Idle
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Melvor Idle
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At a glance
What games like Milky Way Idle have in common
- The tags they share most often with Milky Way Idle: Idler (19 of 24), Clicker (14) and Crafting (12).
- They came out between 2014 and 2026, 10 of them after Milky Way Idle (2025).
- Best rated by Steam players: Melvor Idle (89 % positive of 14,758).
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.